The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train
 'Til so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
 In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
 I took the train to Richmond that fell
 It was a time I remember, oh so well
 The night they drove old Dixie down
 And all the bells were ringin'
 The night they drove old Dixie down
 And all the people were singin'
 They went, "Na, na-na-na, na-na"
 "Na, na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na"
 Back with my wife in Tennessee and one day she said to me
 "Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee"
 Now, I don't mind, I'm chopping wood
 And I don't care if the money's no good
 Just take what you need and leave the rest
 But they should never have taken the very best
 The night they drove old Dixie down
 And all the bells were ringin'
 The night they drove old Dixie down
 And all the people were singin'
 They went, "Na, na-na-na, na-na"
 "Na, na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na"
 Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
 And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
 Well, he was just eighteen, proud and brave
 But a yankee laid him in his grave
 I swear by the blood below my feet
 You can't raise the Cain back up when it's in defeat
 The night they drove old Dixie down
 And all the bells were ringin'
 The night they drove old Dixie down
 And all the people were singin'
 They went, "Na, na-na-na, na-na"
 "Na, na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na"